Ian Forbes
Biography

Ian
Forbes has fished the rivers of British Columbia for 50 years. His
long time employment with the BC Ministry of Forests allowed him
the freedom to sample all the major rivers and most of the smaller
ones. He has been a regular outdoor writer for over 30 years and
had fishing articles published as far back as 1958. He is a fly
tying columnist for BC Outdoors and does features for most of the
outdoor magazines. He is currently living on Vancouver Island near
his beloved Cowichan River. Ian specializes in fly fishing and spends
about 80 days a year exploring the better fishing locations of the
Province. His other loves are photography, making videos, magazine
illustrations and water colour painting.